Title :
Performance evaluation by petri nets of a full duplex wireless link for an industrial backbone
Author :
Mirabella, O. ; Brischetto, M. ; Raucea, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Telecommun., Univ. of Catania, Catania
Abstract :
This paper addresses the performance evaluation of a full duplex wireless protocol for an industrial backbone making a comparison with the traditional IEEE802.11 half duplex protocol. A Petri net model is used as the basis for the evaluation. The paper first examines the features of a wireless backbone and some issues they impose. Then, the paper describes the limits of the 802.11 and the solution here proposed which is based on the use of full duplex wireless links and discusses the PN models. At last the results of the performance evaluation are presented and the advantages offered by the full duplex solution are discussed.
Keywords :
Petri nets; protocols; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 standard; Petri net; full duplex wireless link; half duplex protocol; industrial backbone; performance evaluation; wireless protocol; Communication industry; Computer industry; Industrial plants; Mesh networks; Petri nets; Spine; Spread spectrum communication; Throughput; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2008. IECON 2008. 34th Annual Conference of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1767-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2008.4758179
